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Role description:
Arcadis is seeking a highly motivated Lead Physical Design Engineer to join our growing Power Delivery team. This individual will provide technical leadership for the planning, design, and execution of medium- and high-voltage substation projects ranging from 12 kV through 765kV. The successful candidate will serve as the primary design lead, overseeing multidisciplinary design teams, interfacing directly with clients, and ensuring the successful delivery of substation engineering projects from conceptual design through construction support.
In this role, you will be responsible for leading physical design activities including substation layouts, equipment arrangements, grounding, raceways, foundations, control houses, and associated civil and structural interfaces for Flexible AC Systems, AIS and GIS substations, and transmission and distribution. You will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, provide technical guidance to project teams, and drive quality, schedule, and budget performance throughout project execution.
Role accountabilities:
Project Leadership & Client Management
Serve as the primary technical point of contact for utility, renewable energy, industrial, transportation, and data center clients
Engage in client meetings, design review sessions, and technical workshops
Respond to client questions and technical inquiries throughout all phases of project execution
Develop and maintain strong client relationships while identifying opportunities for additional services
Support proposal development, scope definition, resource planning, and project execution strategies
Provide technical oversight to ensure project commitments related to scope, schedule, budget, and quality are achieved
Physical Substation Design Leadership
Lead the development of physical designs for new and existing substations ranging from medium voltage through EHV projects
Direct preparation of substation layouts, equipment plans, elevations, sections, grounding plans, conduit and cable routing plans, control house layouts, and construction packages
Coordinate with protection and controls, civil, structural, geotechnical, transmission, and telecommunications disciplines
Provide technical direction and quality reviews for engineering deliverables and ensure compliance
Qualifications & Experience:
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
Professional Engineer (PE) license required
12+ years of experience in power delivery engineering with substantial substation physical design experience
Proven experience leading medium- and high-voltage substation projects, strong knowledge of utility and industrial substation design practices
Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams
Demonstrated ability to interact directly with clients and lead technical discussions
Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
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Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part-time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $136,400 - $204,600.
Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
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